WAR, PEACE PLANS, AND OLIGARCHY
When the details of the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine were released last month — a plan that seemed to give Russia nearly everything it wanted — it … Continue reading
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UKRAINE’S PERILOUS MOMENT
The most damaging corruption scandal of Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency could not have come at a worse time. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged this week that some of Zelenskyy’s closest associates were … Continue reading
THE POKROVSK ENDGAME – AND AFTERMATH
Russia continues to focus its firepower on the strategic and battered eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that almost a third of all combat … Continue reading
THE BATTLE OF POKROVSK
The battle for Pokrovsk is intensifying. Russia has ramped up its efforts to take the strategically located eastern Ukrainian city with hundreds of soldiers infiltrating the town in small groups. … Continue reading
WAR, DIPLOMACY, AND POLITICS
The past week has been a bit of a wild ride and we can all be forgiven for having a bad case of mental whiplash. We’ve gone from the American … Continue reading
HOW UKRAINE WINS THE WAR
The war is going to be long. It will be decided on the battlefield. And a breakthrough for either side is very unlikely, at least in the near term. In … Continue reading
THE BATTLE FOR MOLDOVA
Another election, another geopolitical crisis. Moldovans go to the polls this weekend to elect a new parliament in a critical vote that will determine whether this small eastern European nation … Continue reading
RUSSIA’S WAR ON EUROPE
Just days after Russian drones breached the airspace of Poland and Romania, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said NATO is “de facto” fighting a war with Russia by providing “both indirect … Continue reading
THE CHINA FACTOR
If you had to identify one factor that has kept Russia’s economy and war machine afloat since February 2022 in the face of massive Western sanctions, that factor would be … Continue reading
THE END OF PUTIN’S ISOLATION
And just like that, Vladimir Putin’s international isolation is over. Despite being indicted for war crimes by the international criminal court, Putin joined North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as … Continue reading